Five Carmelite nuns protesting what they...

BARRICADED NUNS.

February 5, 1989

MORRIS TOWNSHIP, N.J. — BARRICADED NUNS. Five Carmelite nuns protesting what they call the liberalization of their order began the fifth month in their monastery's infirmary Saturday. Betty Sutton, a friend who acts as their spokeswoman, says the nuns are resigned to wait until the Vatican rules on their dispute with monastery officials. Tim Manning, a spokesman for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson, N.J., said the nuns have given no sign of ending their protest. They object to the introduction of such things as television and candy. There are eight other nuns at the Monastery of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel.